Vulnerability Details : CVE-2005-2475
Race condition in Unzip 5.52 allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by Unzip after the decompression is complete.
Products affected by CVE-2005-2475
- cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2475
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 26 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2005-2475
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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1.2
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LOW | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
1.9
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2.9
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NIST |
Vendor statements for CVE-2005-2475
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Red Hat 2007-09-05Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=164927 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch. The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 which is in maintenance mode.
References for CVE-2005-2475
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-191-1
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9975
404 Not Found
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ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.39/SCOSA-2005.39.txt
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http://securityreason.com/securityalert/32
OpenServer : UnZip File Permissions Change Vulnerability - CXSecurity.com
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112300046224117&w=2
'unzip TOCTOU file-permissions vulnerability' - MARC
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http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0053/
Trustix | Empowering Trust and Security in the Digital Age
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http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-903
[SECURITY] [DSA 903-1] New unzip packages fix unauthorised permissions modification
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http://www.info-zip.org/FAQ.html
Info-ZIP Frequently Asked Questions
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0203.html
Support
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14450
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:197
Mandriva
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